NYC Metro Modern Quilters Guild: October Bee Block

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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Mod Bee 3 October Block for Maria - "Story of You"

I was terrified when I got Maria's package in the mail. I've never sewn curves, and never planned to. When I saw her at Quilters Take Manhattan I was like "I got your envelope... you want me to sew WHAT?!?!?".

Anyway, my initial fear quickly diminished after I read (and re-read) QB's clear instructions and visited the resources she provided. She even made fancy templates for us!

Maria asked that we use fabrics that represent us in some way. I love black & white and can't resist a nice graphic b&w print. But I also love color and the way a hint of color looks when you introduce it to an overwhelmingly b&w scheme. Also pink. And pandas. Who can resist pandas?

Will mail this week. Hope you like it Maria!

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Monkeying around for Mary

Finally got this baby done!

It was sooooo much fun!

I hope you like it Mary, can't wait to see what you do with all of these.

Mary's Monkey Pieces

Okay...confession...this was my first ever monkey block...second confession...It was a blast to make...lastly, I hope you like the crazy-ness of it... As I was thinking about what to create for your block ... I planned, sketched, and pondered the amazingness of oh so many "structured" things..

Then I was looking in my scrap box and saw the leafy tropical red...and thought oooooo monkeys in the wild ... swinging from tree to tree...and then pieces started to fall into place...smiles

The ruler was tossed aside and the rotary cutter roamed free ...to create this modern monkey wrench in pieces...smiles...

I hope you like it....it was so free wheeling and fun...

Bee Block Catch-up

I finished Mary's on time~

This was probably the easiest, quickest bee block I have made to date. And SO. MUCH. FUN.
Thanks Mary~ your quilt will be awesome (and finished by the december meeting, right? hehe).

And at long last, David's:

I hope there's room left for this on in your quilt top. I'm sorry it's late. At least I got it done before your 42nd..

I've got November, so I'll be posting about it on Tuesday, with instructions sent by email. I am sending some solid fabrics, but bee members will need to choose 5 prints from their own stash. (the largest being 6.5" x 6.5") Before I head to the post office tomorrow, is there anyone who would like me to send the print fabric also? I'd prefer to have prints of your choosing, but I don't want anyone to go out and buy fabric for this block. I assume everyone has prints, but thought I'd double check to be safe...

Monday, October 24, 2011

October Bee Block for Mary

I made this funky Monkey Wrench and added a bolt of orange for fun. Hope you like it, Mary.